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-sphere

a combining form of sphere (planisphere); having a special use in the names of the layers of gases and the like surrounding the earth and other celestial bodies (ionosphere).

sphero-

a combining form representing sphere in compound words: spherometer.
Also, sphaero-, -sphere; especially before a vowel, spher-.
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sphero- or spher-
pref.
Sphere; spherical: spherocyte.

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